The docs’ union, the British Medical Association, is asking for a pay rise of 29.2% to reverse "pay erosion" since 2008/09. The authorities has provided 5.4%.
In earlier strikes, round 1.5 million appointments had been cancelled or rescheduled, however this time hospitals have been instructed to cancel non-urgent work solely in "exceptional circumstances".
In at this time’s episode, Niall Paterson talks to Sky’s well being correspondent Ashish Joshi about how the NHS will cope with the walkout and in addition to resident physician Bhasha Mukherjee about why she voted for strike motion.
Producer: Emily Hulme
Editor: Wendy Parker
